The Violence Debate: Teaching the Oppressed How to Fight Oppression (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 21, 2010 -- An American activist once gave me a book she wrote detailing her experiences in Palestine. The largely visual volume documented her journey of the oc ...

Cancer 'is purely man-made' say scientists after finding almost no trace of disease in Egyptian mummies (Fiona Macrae)

Scientists found no signs of cancer in their extensive study of mummies apart from one isolated case Oct. 15, 2010 (Daily Mail) -- Cancer is a man-made disease fuelled by the excesses of modern life, ...

The War On Terror (Paul Craig Roberts)

Oct. 15, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Does anyone remember the “cakewalk war” that would last six weeks, cost $50 billion-$60 billion, and be paid for out of Iraqi oil revenues? Does anyone r ...

John le Carré: Calling Out the Traitors (Amy Goodman)

Oct. 12, 2010 (TruthDig) -- John le Carré, the former British spy turned spy novelist, has some grave words for Tony Blair. More than seven years after the invasion of Iraq, the former British prime ...

BOOKS: Empire for Liberty. By Richard H. Immerman (Jim Miles)

Empire for Liberty. Richard H. Immerman. Princeton University Press, 2010. Oct. 15, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- History takes on an interesting life when written as well as Richard Immerman’s new b ...

Leakers, Beware the Corporate Media (Ray McGovern)

Oct. 14, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- The following is a Code-Orange Advisory to patriotic truth-tellers, sometimes called whistleblowers or leakers: It is anachronistically naïve to expect t ...

The Tide Has Changed: A Musical Essay and a Lesson in Humanity (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 14, 2010 -- If one tried to fit music compositions into an equivalent literary style, Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble’s latest release woul ...

Surprise -- The Very Dark Side of U.S. History (Peter Dale Scott and Robert Parry)

Editor's Note: Many Americans view their country and its soldiers as the "good guys" spreading "democracy" and "liberty" around the world. When the United States inflicts unnecessary death and destru ...

Welcome to a new theocracy: The Jewish Republic of Israel (Gideon Levy)

Oct. 10, 2010 (Haaretz) -- Remember this day. It's the day Israel changes its character. As a result, it can also change its name to the Jewish Republic of Israel, like the Islamic Republic of Iran. ...

In the Crosshairs of US Drones (Kamal Hyder)

Oct. 10, 2010 (Al-Jazeera) -- Residents live under a constant fear of being hit as dozens of unmanned drones buzz the skies over North and South Waziristan. The drones frighten children and women who ...

‘Dying to Win’: Newt Gingrich’s ‘Terrorism’ (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 7, 2010 -- On Sept. 30, within the time frame of a few hours, an accused man reportedly confessed to terrorism charges in Germany, the terrorism threat level was ...